Sophie Turner is recovering from an unspecified injury, leading to a production pause on Prime Video’s new Tomb Raider TV show.
“Sophie Turner recently experienced a minor injury,” Amazon MGM Studios said in a statement to Deadline on Sunday, March 29. “As a precaution, production has briefly paused to allow her time to recover. We look forward to resuming production as soon as possible.”
Turner, 30, plays archeologist and adventurer Lara Croft in the new television adaptation based on the Tomb Raider video game series. The series is executive produced by Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
“I’m so excited to announce the formidable Sophie Turner as our Lara alongside this phenomenal creative team,” Waller-Bridge said in a September 2025 statement announcing Turner’s casting. “It’s not very often you get to make a show of this scale with a character you grew up loving. Everyone on board is wildly passionate about Lara and are all as outrageous, brave, and hilarious as she is. Get your artifacts out… Croft is coming…”
“I am thrilled beyond measure, to be playing Lara Croft,” Turner added. “She’s such an iconic character, who means so much to so many – and I am giving everything I’ve got. They’re massive shoes to fill, following in the steps of Angelina [Jolie] and Alicia [Vikander] with their powerhouse performances, but with Phoebe at the helm, we (and Lara) are all in very safe hands. I can’t wait for you all to see what we have cooking.”
Tomb Raider began filming in January and will also star Sigourney Weaver, Jason Isaacs and Martin Bobb-Semple.
In a January appearance on SiriusXM’s The Julia Cunningham Show, Turner opened up about how she prepared for the shoot.
“We’ve been doing eight hours a day, five days a week, since February last year of training, so it’s been a lot,” the actress said.
Sophie Turner as Lara Croft. Jay Maidment/Prime
She continued, “I’ve learned I have a perpetual back problem, but I also realized that it’s much easier to build muscle if you’ve ever worked out before in your life, which I never had, so it has taken me months and months and months to get into good shape. That’s what I’ve learned.”
Turner also spoke about how her iconic role as Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones did little to help her prepare for her new part.
“I was the cool queen who, like, didn’t have to do that,” she said of playing Sansa. “I also just kind of was the one that got beat up, not the one doing the beating. So, it’s quite nice to learn how to throw a punch and not just take it.”
